Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said today that she expects the state's Liquor Control Commission to uphold her January decision to revoke The Keg of Evanston's liquor license. The mayor made her comments prior to a city liquor board meeting, where she serves as liquor commissioner. Tisdahl revoked the bar's license due to what she called public safety concerns spawned from repeated underage drinking violations at the bar, 810 Grove...

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Hosting a keg party would require more responsibility under state House legislation intended to curb underage and binge drinking. The bill, introduced Thursday by Rep. Sandy Caul, would require customers to submit their names, addresses, telephone numbers and driver's license numbers to retailers for matching identification tags--one attached to the keg and the other kept on file at the store. Jim McBryde, special assistant for the state Department of Community Health's drug policy, said...

Almost six months after Evanston officials revoked the liquor license of a popular downtown watering hole that had been accused of repeatedly serving minors, the Keg remains open pending a lengthy appeal process - which just got a little longer. Members of the city's Liquor Control Review Board on Monday expressed frustration when they heard an update on the legal struggle. The Keg, 810 Grove St., saw its local liquor license revoked Jan. 30 by order of Evanston Mayor...

The village is considering lining up behind a system to tag beer kegs in an effort to track adults who supply minors with alcohol. Later this month, village trustees will consider requiring liquor stores to put a tag on the barrels that often are a popular party attraction this time of year. The tag identifies the purchaser for police if underage people are caught drinking. In other towns where similar laws have been enacted, a deposit of $70 is required and is not refunded...

Wine connoisseurs were upset when they started finding wine bottles with screw caps and their favorite libation packaged in boxes. Now they might start fretting when they hear that restaurants are offering wine on tap. But there's no reason for them to agonize. "Wine on tap is more of a supplement to bottled wine," says Elizabeth Mendez, wine director at Vera. The Near West Side restaurant offers three keg wines to pair with the Spanish dishes prepared by her husband, Mark Mendez.

Police set a beer quota on an annual spring block party that draws thousands of drunken revelers, but Saturday's partiers were not exactly tapped out: The limit was four kegs per household. The keg crackdown for the annual Mifflin Street block party near the University of Wisconsin still gives each apartment 700 to 800 beers. Last year, some houses had up to 50 kegs and were essentially operating unlicensed taverns out of their kitchens and front porches, acting Police Assistant Chief Luis...

Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl said today that she expects the state's Liquor Control Commission to uphold her January decision to revoke The Keg of Evanston's liquor license. The mayor made her comments prior to a city liquor board meeting, where she serves as liquor commissioner. Tisdahl revoked the bar's license due to what she called public safety concerns spawned from repeated underage drinking violations at the bar, 810 Grove...

Wrong place, wrong time. That's what entertainment giant Viacom Inc. has discovered as its bid for a large capital-gains tax break is practically doomed by the politics of affirmative action, budget deficits and the 1996 presidential campaign. Six months ago, Viacom-parent of Paramount Pictures, MTV Networks and Blockbuster Video-probably could have slipped into Washington, sold its cable-television system to a minority business enterprise for $2.3 billion, quietly reaped a...

Citing public safety concerns spawned by repeated underage drinking violations, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl issued an order Monday that revokes The Keg of Evanston's liquor license. "It is always an extremely difficult decision to revoke a license of a local business, but I have to also consider the health and welfare of the community as a whole," Tisdahl said in announcing her decision. Tisdahl's decision prohibits bar owner Tom Migon from applying for any liquor license in Evanston.

A man was shot and killed early Sunday in an Evanston bar where dozens of Northwestern University students were celebrating graduation, police said. A fight broke out shortly before 2 a.m. between several patrons of The Keg of Evanston, 810 Grove St., Deputy Police Chief Joe Bellino said. Robert Gresham, 22, of the 1300 block of McDaniel Avenue, Evanston, died when one of the men involved in the fight pulled out a handgun and shot him, Bellino said. Gresham, who did not attend Northwestern, was taken...

Citing public safety concerns spawned from repeated underage drinking violations, Evanston Mayor Elizabeth Tisdahl issued an order today revoking The Keg of Evanston's liquor license. "It is always an extremely difficult decision to revoke a license of a local business, but I have to also consider the health and welfare of the community as a whole," Tisdahl said in announcing her decision. "Serving minors alcohol is a serious matter that cannot be left unaddressed. " Tisdahl's...

Grayslake police said two youths tried to steal a beer keg from the back yard of St. Gilbert's Church, 231 E. Illinois Highway 120, early Sunday. Police said the keg was left over from a picnic at the church Saturday.

By Lisa Arnett is the Metromix nightlife and shopping producer. and M. Kathleen Pratt is the Metromix dining producer | February 2, 2010

Super Bowl Sunday's on the way, and we want to know what side you're on. No, not Colts or Saints -- we mean home or away. Are you staying in and hosting the biggest bash of the season or staking out a space at a bar and letting the pros feed, water and clean up after your fist-pumping self from kickoff to postgame recap? Either way, we've got the lowdown on game-day must-haves. ---------- lmarnett@tribune.com, kpratt@tribune.com - - - STAY IN Beer - Call up Half Acre Beer Co. (4257 N....

Matthew D. Wilhite, 20, 950 Hill St., Glen Ellyn, was charged with possession of alcohol by a minor last week after he allegedly bought a keg of beer using his older brother's driver's license, police said.

Is there a term that provokes more scowls and eye-rolls these days than "bottle service"? Though brand-new clubs opening mid-recession still are offering it (Dream, Theatro) and others still are requiring it just to sit down (Crescendo, Manor, Sub 51), we're happy to see the rise of a more accessible group-guzzling option: beer service. The idea of beer-in-bulk isn't new in itself; bars such as Lion Head and Finn McCool's have been doing it for years with their table tappers. But now, a handful of spots are tweaking...

Ever wonder what the difference is between "tastes great" and "less filling"? In one Atlantic City casino, it's $5,000. That's how much the New Jersey Casino Control Commission fined Resorts Atlantic City on Wednesday for having mislabeled beer keg taps at one casino bar on two occasions last year. In March, one tap was labeled "Miller Lite" and another one "Miller Genuine Draft." But both taps were connected to a keg containing the light beer. Regulators say a similar situation in August occurred in which...

Ever wonder what the difference is between "tastes great" and "less filling"? In one Atlantic City casino, it's $5,000. That's how much the New Jersey Casino Control Commission fined Resorts Atlantic City on Wednesday for having mislabeled beer keg taps at one casino bar on two occasions last year. In March, one tap was labeled "Miller Lite" and another one "Miller Genuine Draft." But both taps were connected to a keg containing the light beer. Regulators say a similar situation in August occurred in which...

As investigators searched Monday for the person who shot and killed Robert Gresham, 22, at an Evanston bar, his relatives and friends tried to come to terms with what they called a senseless crime. "We know who the person is who is responsible for the shooting death," said Deputy Police Chief Joseph Bellino. "Right now, the focus of the investigation is to locate the suspect." Gresham, of the 1300 block of McDaniel Avenue, was shot at about 2 a.m. Sunday in The Keg of Evanston, 810 Grove St. He...

Singer Jesse McCartney didn't do much research for his latest acting gig, as freshman pledge Andy on ABC Family's campus comedy "Greek." "I've been to one or two frat parties [with old friends] in the last four years," he told RedEye. "I've seen my fair share of keg parties and parties in the woods." McCartney's stint starts Monday night, but you won't hear much about him partying off the set these days -- or about whom he might be dating. "I like to have a good time; I just make sure there are no...